Academy 23 was the name given to the new experimental music project created by Andy Martin and Dave Fanning immediately after disbanding their former group The Apostles. Founded in London in 1989, the band released music primarily on audio cassette, as part of the cassette culture movement. They disbanded in 1999. Andy Martin is a groundbreaking musician, lyricist and writer who lives in London, England. ... The Apostles are an experimental punk rock band who developed within the confines of the 1980s Anarcho Punk scene in the U.K., but did not necessarily adhere to the aesthetics of that movement. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... -1... For the meaning of cassette in genetics, see cassette (genetics). ... Cassette culture was in part an offshoot of the mail art movement of the 1970s and 1980s. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Other members include Peter Williams, who also collaborated with Martin in the band Time To Think. Williams' record label Thinking Time released many of the Academy 23 recordings.

They released seven cassette collections and two albums, one on vinyl and one on CD, as well as two singles.

The group took an experimental approach, and achieved some success in continental Europe. Their sound combined elements from industrial, Scottish folk music, punk rock and pop music. Their successful merging of folk and industrial music made them one of the earliest exponents of the genre of music that would come to be known as 'neo-folk'. Continental Europe refers to the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and peninsulae. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... It has been suggested that Folkies be merged into this article or section. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... For the 1979 song by M, see Pop Muzik. ... The name Neo-folk refers to a music genre, not resembling folk music at all, which is based upon the style of nationalist marching music and ancient traditional music approaches of certain indigenous cultures (mostly northern European modal music) with modern synthesizers and atmospheric epic mood settings. ...

Between 1992 and 2001, Academy 23 edited 26 issues of the non-commercial publication SMILE, an international magazine of which roughly 100 issues have been published in several different countries by various editors. SMILE is an international magazine of multiple origins. ...

The group collaborated with the industrial band The Grey Wolves on two songs, "Terror Chamber" and "Terror Intensifies", both featured on compilations. In 1990, they contributed the song "The Boy Next Door" to the J.D.s cassette , J.D.s Top Ten Homocore Hit Parade Tape, the first queercore compilation to be released. The Grey Wolves are a British Industrial music group. ... This article is about the year. ... J.D.s was a queer punk zine founded in Toronto by G.B. Jones and co-published with Bruce LaBruce, that ran for eight issues from 1985 to 1991 and is widely recognized as having launched the Queercore movement and queer zine scene. ... Homocore/Queercore is a cultural and social movement which arose in the mid 1980s. ...

After the demise of Academy 23, Andy Martin and Dave Fanning formed a new band, Unit with two other musicians, and continue to perform and record.

Discography

Cassettes

• Bring Back Proof
• Europe Awake
• Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
• Aonaibh Ri Chiele
• Look Back In Hunger
• Birth In December
• Gegenseitige Vergeltongsmabnahmen

Albums

• Relationships LP, Thinking Time Records
• Kampfbereit CD, Thinking Time Records

Singles

• Cameo For Earth

External links

• Thinking Time Records website with Academy 23 albums, tracklistings, lyrics
• Review of Europe Awake (scroll down)
• Reviews of Smile zine
• For Academy 23 cassette tapes